This is what literally terrifies me about X-cart 5
We have a roadmap presented with the following statement,
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We believe that X-Cart 5 is the best platform to start a new business. Due to the flexible architecture, it allows you to keep up to date with the new releases and features. As a result this platform grows with your business.
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Yet in response to a forum question about collecting email addresses from customers for newsletters,
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Unfortunately, at the moment in X-Cart 5 there is no feature to collect e-mail addresses from newsletter subscribers and export the list.
It is in our long-term plans, but it will not be released earlier than the 5.3 version.
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5.3 is forecast for mid 2016.
So by the middle of next year it is forecast that XC5 users will have the ability to collect newsletter subscribers info as a core part of the package.
This is for a piece of software that is an eCommerce solution where email is the primary form of contact with a customer.
It's terrifying.